Translations for „brush aside“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

brush aside VB trans

1. brush aside (push to one side):

brush aside

pôr de lado

2. brush aside (disregard):

brush aside

não fazer caso

brush aside criticism

rechaçar

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Euthanasia fundamentalists see this as their top political priority and are happy to brush aside evidence of failure in pursuit of their goal.

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One excuse used by activists to brush aside these evident problems that the state can always use battery storage.

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In this work he describes his task to brush aside the erroneous doctrines heretofore current, as one would the accumulated dust and cobwebs of ages.

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This win can not brush aside the atrocious selections he's done.

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Did they just brush aside two decades of cosmology?

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It is inappropriate for the judges to merely brush aside the incident and resume sitting.

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It might not be able to brush aside the class leaders, but it certainly has improved enough to be considered a viable alternative.

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It's easy to brush aside the five causes of failure listed above, thinking they offer nothing new.

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Should parents brush aside their child's temper tantrums or inability to socialise as merely odd behaviour?

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The disciples tried to brush aside the question, protesting that in such a crowd no individual could be singled out.

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